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President of India addresses ‘Asangathit Shramik Sammelan’ in Guna, Madhya Pradesh; says no society can progress without the welfare of the working class and the underprivileged
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, graced and addressed an ‘Asangathit Shramik Sammelan’ organised by the government of Madhya Pradesh in Guna today .
Speaking on the occasion, the President said no society can progress without being mindful of the welfare of the working classes, the deprived and underprivileged sections. In the labour sector in India, the share of workers in the unorganised sector is over 80 per cent. Most of them are engaged in agriculture and construction. There is a great need for social security for these workers. The President said he was happy to note that the government of India is creating a ‘Social Security Code’ for workers in the unorganised sector. The government of Madhya Pradesh has also taken initiatives in this direction.
Later in the day, the President addressed a function related to the ‘Mini Smart City Mission’ of the government of Madhya Pradesh in Guna. The President said that cities and urban centres make a huge contribution to India’s economy. That is why the government of India has launched the Smart Cities programme and is helping in the developing of selected cities. Of the 100 cities selected, seven are in Madhya Pradesh.
The President said that the Madhya Pradesh government has taken a visionary decision to supplement the national initiative with a ‘Mini Smart City’ scheme at the state level. He said he was happy that Guna was a beneficiary of this initiative and was confident that it would open new pathways for the prosperity of the people of the town.
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
Initiatives in oil and gas sector are catalysing socio-economic change, says Shri Dharmendra Pradhan
Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural gas &Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today said thatEnergy is the catalyst of socio-economic change. Speaking at the symposium on fuels and lubricants, he said that Investment of billions of dollars in the Oil and gas sector will bring in more job opportunities, leading to trickledown effect to drive Socio-economic growth.The sector will play an important role in double digit growth trajectory of the Indian economy, he added.
Shri Pradhan said that India is the third largest consumer of fuel in the world but willsoon reach the top as the per capita consumption in the country is on the rise. He said that the energy requirement for the future will be met through Cleaner, greener and sustainable sources, and for this, continuous R&D efforts are called for.Talking about the policy reforms in this direction, he mentioned about the PMUY, Ethanol blending, Compressed Bio Gas, bio-diesel, Coal to Syn gas, and promoting LNG as a priority transport fuel. On policy side, concrete investment plan, clarity about future targets and robust implementation strategy are bringing in a new paradigm. He said that our industry is ready to meet not only availability of energy but also quality energy.
Shri Pradhan said that we are embracing new heights in the energy vertical of the economic development. “The world is talking about sustainability. We have laid down sustainable pathways in our strategy to make energy cleaner, greener, more sustainable.
Shri Pradhan also released a logo on the occasion of golden jubilee of Indian oil’s R&D centre and a souvenir to mark the occasion.
Secretary, Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Tarun Kapoor said on the occasion that Indian Oil R&D is doing commendable job, and has launched several products commercially. He however called for enhancing the R&D and innovation efforts so that net emission from the fossil fuels are reduced. He also stressed on increasing the fuel efficiency which will lead to reduced consumption and import dependence.
Chairman, Indian oil Shri Shrikant Madhav Vaidya and Director, R&D Indian Oil DrRamaKumar also spoke on the occasion.
The 3-day 12th International Symposium on Fuels and Lubricants  is being organized from March 15-17, 2021 on Hybrid platform by IndianOil R&D Centre, in association with Society of Automotive Engineers of India . The theme of the symposium is “Emerging trends in Fuels and Lubricants – BS VI & Beyond”. ISFL series of symposia is a biennially held program that showcases progress and advancement of Indian fuels and lubricants industry and provides a common platform for sharing latest developments, exchange ideas and forging new business relationships.
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Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister to address High-Level Segment of ECOSOC on 17 July, 2020
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver a keynote address virtually at this year’s High-Level Segment of the United Nations Economic and Social Council session on Friday, 17th July 2020 from 0930-1130 hrs  at the United Nations in New York. Prime Minister will be speaking at the valedictory session along with the Prime Minister of Norway and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
The annual High-level Segment convenes a diverse group of high-level representatives from the Government, the private sector, civil society and academia. The theme of this year’s High-level Segment is "Multilateralism after COVID19: What kind of UN do we need at the 75th anniversary”.
Set against the changing international environment and the COVID-19 pandemic, this session will focus on critical forces shaping the course of multilateralism and explore ways to bolster the global agenda through strong leadership, effective international institutions, a broadening of participation and enhanced significance of global public goods.
This will be first opportunity for PM to address the broader UN membership since India’s overwhelming election as a non-permanent member of the Security Council on 17th June, for the term 2021-22. The theme of the High-Level Segment of the ECOSOC, on the 75th Anniversary of the founding of the UN, also resonates with India’s Security Council priority, wherein we have called for ‘reformed multilateralism’ in a post-COVID-19 world. It also recalls India’s role, as the holder of the inaugural Presidency of ECOSOC . PM had earlier delivered the keynote address virtually at the 70th anniversary of ECOSOC in January 2016.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
India’s First-ever SAI National Centre of Excellence for Mountain Terrain Biking and Bicycle Motocross to be set up in Shimla
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in collaboration with the Youth Services and Sports department of the Government of Himachal Pradesh is set to build India’s first-ever SAI National Centre of Excellence to train athletes in Mountain Terrain Biking and Bicycle Motocross in Shimla, The NCOE is being set up to provide world-class training facilities to Indian cyclists so that they can compete for the 18 Olympic medals in the disciplines of MTB and BMX. This centre, one of the best high-altitude training facilities in the world, at an altitude of 2000 meters above sea level, will have world-class infrastructure, a state-of-art sports science high performance centre, Olympic-level track and coaches of international repute, where India’s best cyclists and local sporting talent can train. Owing to the requirement of the sport for a hilly terrain and a suitable climate for training, Shimla emerged as a preferred choice for the NCOE.
With the setting up of this SAI NCOE, Himachal becomes the torchbearer of MTB and BMX training in India and a possible venue for future World Championships for the two cycling disciplines. The NCOE, which will have the capacity to train around 200 cyclists for Olympic-level preparations, will be equipped with 1 XCO Olympic level track, 1 training track with specialized features, 1 BMX track, 1 state-of-the-art indoor gymnasium, an indoor setup with virtual trainers, hostel facilities for 100 athletes, coaches and support staff. Besides, there will be a High Performance Center for Sports Science with state-of-the art facilities such as indoor recovery pool, stream and sauna, strength and conditioning hall, a biomech lab, physiotherapy, anthropometry. High-end equipments such as breath and lactic analysers, heart rate monitors, treadmills, bicycle ergometers will also be available for athletes to use during their training.
The collaboration between the centre and the state to set up this world-class facility was formalized with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on March 23, 2022.
Ministry of Finance
Amount released to States to combat COVID-19
Keeping in view the Covid-19 Pandemic, the Government of India released the 1st instalment of State Disaster Response Fund  amounting to Rs. 11,092 crore to State Governments on 3rd April, 2020 in advance to strengthen the States to deal with the pandemic. This was stated by Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, Union Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs in response to a written question asked in the Lok Sabha today.
Giving more details, Shri Thakur said that State Governments have been allowed additional borrowing limit of up to 2 per cent of Gross State Domestic Product  for the year 2020-21. As against the additional borrowing limit of 2% of GSDP, consent for borrowing of 0.50 per cent of GSDP amounting to Rs.1,06,830 crore has already been issued to the States to raise Open Market Borrowing  during the year 2020-21.
In his written reply, Shri Thakur said that State-wise details of the funds released is at Annexure-I and State-wise details of additional borrowing of 0.5 per cent of GSDP issued to the State for the year 2020-21 is enclosed at Annexure-II.
Ministry of Defence
AUGMENTED REALITY HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY  SYSTEM FOR INDIAN ARMY UNDER AATMANIRBHAR BHARAT ABHIYAAN
Augmented Reality Head Mounted Display  System is conceived as a capability enhancement to Land Based Air Defence Weapon Systems such as IGLA shoulder fired Infra Red Homing Air Defence Missile System and ZU 23mm 2B AD Gun System which will provide the operator with radar and Thermal Imaging  sight outputs as overlays. The proposed system intends to enhance the engagement capability during night and conditions of inclement weather and the day-time engagements are also intended to be enhanced through increased reaction times, data computation for decision support and integration of output of TI sight.
Indian Army is in the process of acquiring niche technology by procuring quantity 556 Augmented Reality Head Mounted Display  Systems under Make-II Category. After successful evaluation of vendor responses, Project Sanction Order  has been issued on 22 February 2021 to six vendors to start developing the prototype. The contract will be placed with one of the firms post successful development of prototype as per provisions of Buy  category of DAP 2020.
Development of Augmented Reality Head Mounted Display System under Make-II will be a game changer for Indian Army. It will be in sync with “Atmanirbhar Bharat” policy of the Government and will lead to “Self Reliance” by giving boost to the Indian Defence Industry.
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Ministry of Coal
Mahanadi Coalfields Limited  Scales New Heights in Coal Supply
Dispatches 5.47 lakh tonne coal on Sunday
Mahanadi Coalfields Limited , the leading coal producer, has dispatched over 5.47 lakh ton coal to consumers yesterday breaking its own record of 5.45 lakh tonne within a fortnight.
The Company dispatched the highest ever 103 rakes of coal with 65 rakes coming from Talcher coalfields while 38 rakes were supplied from Ib Valley coalfields.
Shri P K Sinha, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, congratulated the officers and workers of MCL for their consistent and coordinated approach to maximise coal supply which has resulted in an average dispatch of 5.17 lakh tonne per day for the month of October.
Asserting that MCL has sufficient coal stock Shri Sinha said that for the month of October, the coal production, despatch and overburden  removal have registered a growth of 26.5%, 34.3% and 71.7% respectively as against the same period during the last financial year.
Recording an impressive double-digit growth during the current fiscal, MCL has produced 78.5 million tonne coal, registering a growth of 12.16%, while dispatched 89.65 million tonne dry fuel to the consumer, as against 74.33 million tonne supplied during the same period last year.
Overburden  removal at MCL has also registered a significant growth of 22.2% at 101.02 million cubic meters during the current fiscal. This would ensure sufficient availability of exposed resources to extract coal and meet the market demands.
Prime Minister's Office
PM greets people on Guru Purnima
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has greeted the people on the auspicious occasion of Guru Purnima.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said;
"Greetings on Guru Purnima. This is a day of expressing gratitude to all exemplary Gurus who have inspired us, mentored us and taught us so much about life. Our society attaches immense importance to learning and wisdom. May the blessings of our Gurus take India to newer heights."
Ministry of Defence
TRANSLATION OF RAKSHA MANTRI’S STATEMENT IN PARLIAMENT
Following is the translation of Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh’s statement in both Houses of Parliament on December 13, 2022:
“Hon’ble Speaker/Chairman,
I would like to brief this august House about an incident on our border in Tawang Sector of Arunachal Pradesh on 09 December 2022.
On 09 December 2022, PLA troops tried to transgress the LAC in Yangtse area of Tawang Sector and unilaterally change the status quo. The Chinese attempt was contested by our troops in a firm and resolute manner. The ensuing face-off led to a physical scuffle in which the Indian Army bravely prevented the PLA from transgressing into our territory and compelled them to return to their posts. The scuffle led to injuries to a few personnel on both sides. I wish to share with this House that there are no fatalities or serious casualties on our side.
Due to timely intervention of Indian military commanders, PLA soldiers went back to their locations. As a follow-up of the incident, local Commander in the area held a Flag Meeting with his counterpart on 11 December 2022 to discuss the issue in accordance with established mechanisms. The Chinese side was asked to refrain from such actions and maintain peace and tranquility along the border. The issue has also been taken up with the Chinese side through diplomatic channels.
I would like to assure this House that our Forces are committed to protecting our territorial integrity and will continue to thwart any attempt made on it. I am confident that this entire House will stand united in supporting our soldiers in their brave effort. Jai Hind!”
President's Secretariat
President’s Greetings on The Eve Of Lohri, Makar Sankranti, Pongal, Bhogali Bihu, Uttarayan and Poush
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind has greeted his fellow citizens on the eve of the festivals of Lohri, Makar Sankranti Pongal, Bhogali Bihu, Uttarayan and Poush.
In his message the President has said, “I offer my greetings and best wishes to all fellow citizens in India and abroad on the occasion of Lohri, Makar Sankranti, Pongal, Bhogali Bihu, Uttarayan and Poush.
India is a land of festivals. The coming festivals, celebrated under different names and forms across the country, are also an occasion to mark our respect for the ceaseless hard work of our farmers. These festivals, symbolising the joy of sharing the new crop with one’s family and community, are intertwined in the soul of the country. All communities celebrate these festivals with the spirit of mutual love, affection and fraternity.
Such festivals have an invaluable contribution in the geographical, cultural and emotional unification of the country. I am confident that these festivals will help further strengthen the spirit of peaceful co-existence and unity, and further enhance the prosperity and happiness of the nation.”
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Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Government making all efforts to counter threat from Coronavirus: Shri Prakash Javadekar
The Union Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Information & Broadcasting and Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise, Shri Prakash Javadekar, in an interaction with media here today, shared the efforts being made by the Government to contain the spread of Coronavirus. He said India has taken the Coronavirus threat very seriously. The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi himself is leading the efforts from the front and monitoring the situation daily. Principal Secretary to Prime Minister and the Cabinet Secretary are holding meetings with the Chief Secretaries and other concerned officials of all the State and UTs through video conferencing on day to day basis. Health Ministry, under the leadership of Dr. Harsh Vardhan is also maintaining a close watch on the situation, especially in setting up of Isolation Wards across the country and screening of the people coming to India from abroad. An Isolation Camp has already been set up in the ITBP Campus at Manesar which is functioning 24x7.
Shri Javadekar informed the Government has already brought and treated Indians who were stuck in Wuhan , epicentre of Coronavirus spread. 124 Indians and 05 foreigners who were stuck in the Japanese Ship, and some of whom were suspected to be having Coronavirus infection were rescued, tested and they were found to be negative. Passengers are being screened 24x7 at all the 21 international airports. Six lakh visitors have been screened so far. About one million people have been screened in the border areas adjoining Nepal, Bhutan and Myanmar. Villages in border areas adjoining neighboring countries are also being taken care of.
Shri Javadekar said while there was only 01 Virology Lab in the country in Pune, the Government has set up 15 new Virology Labs and 19 more will be set up within one week across the country. Travel advisories have also been issued. A big awareness campaign has been launched across the country especially in schools, colleges and elsewhere and people are being made aware about the “Do’s and Don’ts” to prevent possible infection.
Election Commission
General Election to the Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry - Schedule of Election
Election Commission of India today announced the schedule for 2021 General Elections to State Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry.
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs
More than 179.53Crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs
More than 15.62 Crore balance and unutilized vaccine doses still available with States/UTs
The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country. The nationwide COVID 19 vaccination started on 16th January 2021. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21st June 2021. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to States and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain.
As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, Government of India has been supporting the States and UTs by providing them COVID Vaccines free of cost. In the new phase of the universalization of the COVID19 vaccination drive, the Union Government will procure and supply  75% of the vaccines being produced by the vaccinemanufacturers in the country to States and UTs.
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More than179.53crore vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far through Govt. of India  and through direct state procurement category.
More than15.62Cr balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.
Vice President's Secretariat
Vice President receives the Book ‘Vedvigyan Alok’
The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has received the book "Vedvigyan Alok"  authored by Acharya Agnivarat Naishthik, here today. The book is divided into four broad volumes.
The Book Vedvigyan Alok is the scriptural verse in Vedas' prose. The Brahman textbooks are placed second in order of preference of Vedic literature. These texts were composed only by the Brahmin community; hence their names are called “Brahmins”. Their language is Vedic Sanskrit which has been considered extremely complicated. All these are written according to the Vedas that means all the four Vedas get different Brahmins.
Ministry of Defence
Kashmir Women Cricket Team visits Pune and Interacts with Lieutenant General JS Nain, Army Commander Southern Command
Pune: 9 February 2021
On 09th February 2021, Lieutenant General JS Nain, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command interacted with the Women Cricket team from Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir alongwith members of the Aseem Foundation at Headquarters Southern Command, Pune. All Women’s Cricket team from Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir is visiting Pune and Mumbai from 04 February to 15 February 2021 as an initiative by the Pune based Aseem Foundation and Indian Army to promote sports and enhance interaction between the population from border areas and the mainland of the country.
During his interaction, Lieutenant General JS Nain, stressed upon the importance of sincerity, dedication, hard work and humility in all actions, while reaffirming the Indian Army’s unstinted support and resolve towards promoting development in the remote regions with special emphasis on women empowerment. He encouraged students to be part of the Super 30 programme which is an initiative to prepare the local students for joining IIT’s. The noble initiative has gained prominence due to the positive results of its students each year and is very popular amongst the IIT aspirants from the Union Territory. The Army Commander in his interaction reached out to the players and motivated them to strive for excellence in all their endeavours while felicitating each member of the Women’s Cricket team and Aseem Foundation.
The team will be playing four friendly cricket matches with local women’s team at Pune and would also be visiting Mumbai during the tour. Yesterday, the team visited Aundh Military Station where they interacted with officials and troops of Shivneri Brigade and got a first-hand glimpse of Army life and training activities in a peace station.
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